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tunes & times:1.
Amerigo Round Vespucci 4:52
2. Dionaea 4:18
3. Maithuna 6:40
4. Ten Million Aprils 4:33
5. Gumby Meets a Girl 5:32
6. Wave Of The Hand 4:37
7. Zion Retreat 5:18
8. Picture Tube 4:27
9. Make A Wish 5:56
10. Cantina Song (John Williams, from Star Wars) 1:48The
MusiciansKarl
Frederick Grossman began forming the songs for this album in early 1990.
With Rich Schwagerl on vibraphone, Mike McLinden on bass as well as
Gary Ferguson on drums, the band began playing and rehearsing the music
to be recorded. For a year we rehearsed and refined new tunes and old
ones. We came up with a viable set of music that eventually became the
Picture Tube album.
We basically performed the album at the Strand nightclub in the summer
of 1994.
The band was then ready to start laying the tracks that would become
the album. We started with about 15 tunes and narrowed it down to the
current 10 tunes.
Richard and I became very much entwined in the melodic process of the
tunes and we would have to 'woodshed' by oursleves many times to get
the phrasing and nuance just right.
The recording was very time consuming and detailed but we tried to put
as much raw spirit as possible on the recorder. As an result of the
that concept very little doubling or thickening was employed. We preferred
the raw sound of the instruments. It was the players I believe who are
totally responsible for the interaction and resultant 'magic'.